"A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others." ~Author Unknown A bud is born. It blooms into a flower, petals spread out and the fragrance mesmerizes everyone. A flower is no...

Love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?' - Pablo Casals Patriotism is dying a tantalizing death i...

Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in United States. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day 2008 is on May 26. This day is to honor and remember U.S men and women who have died in military service to their countr...

“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.” Genesis 3:3 In the Book of Genesis, God made Adam and Eve, just like any other animal – Naked. That nudity ...

"Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference." ~Arie Pencovici A student’s life reaches a stage of cess...

Spanning back to centuries we can track the origin of May Day – a day for celebration back in the period when Christ was not born. Like many other ancient festivals May Day too has a connection to the Pegan culture. May 1st was the second most vital hol...

Mother’s day 2008 is here with tons of opportunities to make your mothers feel special. Yet another excuse to say “ thank you” to the woman who gave you birth, the one whose womb you took shelter in for nine months, to the woman from whom you borrow...

“A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.” Cardinal Mermillod The crux of feminist theory is the concept of the family. The family is the building block of the society and social scientists over t...

She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. ~Margaret Culkin Banning Mothers Day is a celebration of womanhood. The 21st century woman is confident, independent and caring. She knows her worth and does not wait ...

Someone rightly said, 'Kiss is like happiness- it feels best when you give it to someone else'. Since time immemorial, tactile sensations have been very predominant of all the human stimulants. Any form of touch, be it a pat on the back, a caress on the h...

'Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.' - Kahlil Gibran Work is the choice ava...

Passover is our reassurance from God that he is there to provide us redemption whenever we need Him. Our part is only to invoke Him with pure faith. He will move mountains if need be, for His children's sake. Lets have a look at the history of Passover, w...

"Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." - Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam: 27, 1850 People, through the centuries, have wondered aloud, and otherwise, their thoughts on the four letter word that...

No matter who you are or how old you are, a birthday is always a very special day. It’s a day which is special for many different reasons to many different people. I often feel that to my mother my birthday is more special than her own, maybe because I ...

Choosing the right card for the occasion is difficult but what is usually more difficult is choosing the right things to say in it. Every one wants to say something which has never been said before or at least hasn't been used about a million times. I fin...